National day of prayer
A National Day of Prayer event will be held at the newly renovated Lounsbury House at 316 Main Street, Thursday, May 7, from noon to 1 p.m. This is a free event with music, reflection, prayer, and a...
View ArticleGolf outing helps ABC
A day of golf on Wednesday, May 6 (rain date May 13), at the Ridgefield Golf Course will support the scholars of A Better Chance of Ridgefield Inc. It will include lunch, an afternoon of golf and an...
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Ideas programs capitalize on the harvest
Chef Susie Buckley Two new programs at the Garden of Ideas will take advantage of seasonal crops harvested there: Fruits of the Garden: Basic Cooking Class and Garden Lunch: Feed the Body, Expand the...
View ArticleMemoir writing discussed at the library
Jacqueline Masumian will discuss the Art and Joy of Memoir Writing at the Ridgefield Library on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m. She will talk about what memoir writing is, how it is different from other...
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Understanding abstract art, today at 2
David Dunlop Award-winning painter David Dunlop will give a talk called Understanding Abstract Art at the Ridgefield Library on Sunday, April 26, at 2. Dunlop will discuss the role of abstraction in...
View ArticleLaw film series looks at bullying
L&L Transmedia and the Ridgefield Library will present L&L’s seventh annual Law Through Film Series this spring. The focus this year of the LTF Series will be how technology forces changes in...
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Breakfast Club in high definition
The Ridgefield Playhouse will screen The Breakfast Club on Thursday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. The John Hughes film has been newly restored in HD for its 30th anniversary year. The Breakfast Club is...
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Chamber chief talks to women in business
Susan Ahlstrom The Ridgefield chapter of BIG, Believe, Inspire, Grow, will host a special presentation on Supporting Women Entrepreneurship with the Chamber of Commerce’s executive director, Susan...
View ArticleFilm screening, director Q&A
The Prospector will screen the indie film Like Sunday, Like Rain, followed by a live Q&A session with the film’s director, Frank Whaley, on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. Audiences may be more...
View Article25 Years Ago: Rotunda’s 25th, Bessette departs, four-year selectmen
Police Chief Thomas Rotunda said he “had no regrets” after being feted with a 25th anniversary party at police headquarters, the April 26, 1990, Press reported. As a child, Chief Rotunda, a native of...
View ArticleTown will get tough about dump permits
No more free riders. Garbage-filled cars will need valid permits to drive past the tollgate into the town’s trash transfer station. Starting May 1, the town is warning citizens, staff will be out...
View ArticleGas prices up almost a dime
Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have risen 9.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.68/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,540 gas outlets in Connecticut....
View ArticleWoman dies after 15 Cook Close fire
An elderly woman who suffered from smoke inhalation and other injuries from a fire Thursday night at 15 Cook Close, the Casagmo building, died Sunday at the Bridgerport Hospital Burn Unit as a result...
View ArticleReynolds, Kiernan honored by GOP
The Ridgefield Republican Party will honor Tom Reynolds, founding partner of Reynolds & Rowella, and Maureen Kiernan, Ridgefield treasurer, for their exceptional service to the town and community....
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Wilton’s Cafe Ruche will debut outdoor patio this weekend
If you like cocktails, brunch, yoga — or just good people — Cafe Ruche has something special in-store this weekend, beginning Friday, May 1. To celebrate the opening of its new outdoor patio at 101...
View ArticleMaster Networks starts Ridgefield chapter
Master Networks Inc., a development and referral network, announced the opening of a chapter in Ridgefield. Members meet weekly at 6 p.m. at Keller Williams Realty, 404 Main Street, Ridgefield, for one...
View ArticleDiscussion, video on art scene
Suzanne Enser-Ryan, an art historian, contemporary art consultant, educator, and board member of several cultural organizations in Ridgefield, will present an examination of the current contemporary...
View ArticleSandra Y. Reyes, 77
Sandra Y. Reyes, 77, of Ridgefield, wife of the late Joseph C. Reyes, died on Saturday, April 25, at Bridgeport Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, May 1, at 1:15 p.m. in...
View ArticleAARP: Help for New Family Caregivers
In Connecticut, more than 700,000 residents provide support to older parents, spouses and other loved ones each year. If you’re caring for a loved one, you may not think of yourself this way, but you...
View ArticleTrial again delayed for 2012 shooting of college student
The murder trial of a man charged in the 2012 shooting death of Ridgefielder Brian Schiavetti has been postponed again by New Jersey courts. “The earliest it would be rescheduled is in the fall,”...
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